Digital Victorian Periodical Poetry

Lecturer, poet, novelist. Née Varley. Alternative signature: “Mrs. George Linnaeus Banks.” Became a member of the ladies’ committee of the Anti-Corn Law League in 1842. Married George Linnaeus Banks on 27 December 1846. Author of three books of poetry, Ivy Leaves: a Collection of Poetry (1844), Daisies in the Grass (1865, co-authored with her husband), and the illustrated Ripples and Breakers: a Volume of Verse (1878). Author twelve novels, including God’s Providence House (1865) and The Manchester Man (1870), and three collections of stories. Contributed to the journals edited by her husband, such as the Harrowgate Advertiser, the Birmingham Mercury, and the Dublin Daily Express. Supporter of women’s suffrage. Biographical information: ODNB. (DD)